Leafy Best Wishes

Evening All,

Another successful day finishing off bits and pieces. It's a very satisfying feeling when I can have a tidy up afterwards...........before the mess starts all over again lol.

I need to get some photos taken before I can share anything with you, but I just ran out of time, so here is a card that I found in my stash that uses an embossing folder in a more traditional manner.

The inked panel with the sentiment on it was created using a 'Magic Stamp'. That's another class that I must add to the list. It is such fun, and a great way to stretch your stamps

I used a sanding block on the leafy embossing folder so that it shows up on the background cardstock better.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx
 

Ten little fingers and ten little toes

Hello again,
Have you had a good day?
It occurred to me this morning when I heard that my best friend had become a Grandmother for the second time in a month, that I had never shared the Birth Announcement and Thank you cards that I made for Becki on the birth of my own new Granddaughter Emma, back in July.
Where on earth have those 3 months gone to?

I love this photo from the early days, it is one of my favourites.

I created the cards out of some background papers from my stash,

and a lovely rocking horse die that was part of one of the Christmas Limited Edition DooHickey Die Club.

With a little bit of careful planning (some would call it OCD) I managed to use both the die cut and the piece of paper that it was cut from.

I made a small announcement card to go inside each one as a little bit of a keepsake. They were made using the magic stamp of Emma's hand and foot print.

The inside of the Thank You card was also personalised using her footprint.

This photo was taken the day she came home from the hospital and it really is a little bit of deja vu.
Emma is sleeping in the moses basket that my parents bought me for Becki over 30 years ago!!
Emma was able to sleep in it straight away, unlike her Mum who spent her first night at home sleeping in a drawer because I had no bedding for the moses basket.
Still it doesn't seem to have done her any harm, and she could still sleep for England given half the chance.
Let's hope that they all get a good nights sleep tonight, especially the very new Mum and Dad.
Hugs Kimx

Hobby Art Big Tree

Evening All
It's been another gloriously sunny day here, even if it has been a little bit chilly.
Hobby Art Jenny has been on the box today with a fabulous show that was also broadcast in America.
Unfortunately Jenny was one of the people that I let down with my 'days in September' malfunction.

With that in mind I thought that I would share a card that I made using one of her beautiful foam mounted Tree stamps.

The background for the stamped tree was created with a Magic stamp. This was pressed into some fern leaves and then inked and stamped onto a piece of white card stock.

I drew a border around the panel with a black Micron pen and then coloured it with co-ordinating pens.

The background panel is a piece of Faux Mother of Pearl (see HERE for instructions) sponged with Distress Inks.

I stamped around the edges of this panel using the same tree stamp and dark brown ink. It makes a wonderful border and shows just how versatile stamps can be.
Have a good evening. I hope that Jenny has a safe and uneventful trip back from Peterboro tonight.
It's an early night for me I think.
One of the Girls at work brought in curry for us all today as it was her birthday.
It was extremely hot and spicy but very delicious. The trouble is that eating dinner so early in the day just made me want to curl up and go to sleep, so I think I was very virtuous going to the gym after work instead of going home for a granny nap lol.
Hugs Kimx

Babies are such a nice way to start people.

Hi All
I had a wonderful weekend with my littlest Granddaughter, and her Mum and Dad of course, so I thought that it was about time I got around to sharing the card that I made for them to celebrate her birth at the end of July.
I can't believe where the weeks have flown to. Emma is now 7 weeks old!!!!!!

The background to my card has been made using one of my all time favourite bits of crafty equipment. The Magic Stamp available from Woodware is a fabulous remouldable block which has been heated and then pressed against Emma's hand and foot to create a custom stamp.
I have one of these for each of the Grandchildren, made when they were only a few days old. Megan's is now 15 years old, so they last a lifetime.

I have used it to stamp all over the background card using pink dye based ink. I then ran the panel through my E-bosser inside a dotty embossing folder.

The main image is from LOTV, and for once I actually coloured it in myself rather than using a topper.

I die cut some letters and the date and then added some other tiny sentiments.

'Babies are such a nice way to start people' is from a LOTV clear stamp set which I added to a die cut tag.
I also added some tiny metal embellishments and a button.
I was thrilled to see that this now takes pride of place on the mantelpiece inside a nice frame.
Emma isn't really a hatty sort of a baby, although we did play dress up while I was up there at the weekend, trying on some of her many outfits to see which ones would fit her. I will have to get Becki to send me a couple of pictures so that I can share them with you as there were one or two hats amongst them if I recall correctly.
Better get to bed now as it is back to work tomorrow.
Bye for now, and thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

Christmas starts here!!!!

Evening Everyone,
Well it is the start of the weekend, and Christmas starts here, at least it does in my house.
I have taken delivery of a rather large box of new stamps which are destined for the new Woodware catalogue which will be released sometime in the Summer.
As hard as it may be to believe, it will be the Christmas 2015 catalogue and so my sample making for the next few weeks will be wholly Christmas orientated.
With this in mind I thought that I would share a few of the cards that I made last year.
They have all been made using the same two lovely Woodware Holly stamps and a variety of inkpads and handmade backgrounds

I had better go have a tidy up of my Craft space before I start my weekend Christmas marathon.
Happy Crafting and have a wonderful weekend.
Hugs Kimx

It's a Baby Boom

Hi All
I told you that there has been a bit of a baby boom at work, so here are a couple more cards that I made with the lovely Knit Gift stamp from Stampendous and also some of the left overs.

It seems that the girls are out numbering the boys at the moment.

This card again uses the lovely little mice and background paper stamped with my Magic Stamp.

I love this brilliant product. It looks like a lump of blue foam, but when you heat it and press it firmly onto a texture it takes on a whole new life.

One of the boys has just been blessed with twin girls so I just used two of the little mice in hats. It is actually rather appropriate as the picture that he showed us of his new babies is of them in tiny hospital bonnets.

This card was made with the left overs from the previous card, some background paper made using the Creative Palette and a LOTV topper.
This one is actually destined for my card box so at least for once I am ahead of the game.
I still have another baby boy card to make so I am not finished completely.
I think I will enter these into the May challenge over at Stampendous, where Mice are Nice.
Hugs Kimx

Mad as Hatters with Woodware

Good Morning,
And a very early one it is too , if  Blogger has done it's job properly and posted this on time.
This is my first post for Woodware this month as I am filling in for the lovely Siobhan so that she can have a well earned rest.
The challenge this week has been set by Gwen at The Stamp Pad who has suggested 'Mad Hatters'.

These are the links to all things Stamp Pad.

Facebook             https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stamp-Pad/175102269196824?ref=profile

Gwenstampy     http://stamp-pad.blogspot.co.uk/

Papercraft Junkie         http://www.papercraftjunkie.com/

 

Now I have to say that I had absolutely no idea of what to do for this, so I thumbed through my catalogues to see if there was anything there to inspire me and came across this fun stamp from Stampendous Knit Gift.
There seems to have been a bit of a baby boom amongst my colleagues at work and this just screamed out to be made into a new baby card, so I killed two birds with one stone, so to speak!!

Unlike Dorothy and Jane I am not good at step by step given that I have no idea what I am doing till I start to play, and then it just goes where it will, so I took a photo of some of the products that I used in the making of the card instead.

The image was stamped onto Watercolour card using a Black Versafine ink pad and then coloured using Dye based inks and a waterbrush.

The background papers are from Woodware and I used my Magic stamp on the smaller panel having heated it and stamped it onto an old jumper of mine.
The button are also available from Woodware and I have tied them with some Bakers Twine.

The sentiment is from a Woodware stamp set Huge Baby and I also added some Stardust Pen and some Glossy Accents.
I hope that you will join us this week and see what the rest of the team come up with for this fab challenge.
Hugs Kimx

Three Anniversary Cards

I've been doing a little more finishing off after my Magic Stamp class yesterday, instead of just throwing the bits into my class folder for next time. Aren't I the good little girl.

I needed three Anniversary cards so this seemed the perfect way to use up some of the fabulous little pieces of art that I created with my Magic Stamp.

The central panel here was made by pressing the magic stamp into some foliage that I found in Davina's garden. I'm no good with anything horticultural (just ask my Mum) so I have no idea what the plant is called.
The background card has been embossed with a Silver Fern Embossing Folder by Craft Concept.

The panel on this card was created using some fern leaves, also from Davina's garden.

I also used a Stampendous Fern stamp which matched the images perfectly. The tiny buttons and flower are from my stash. I can see that I will have to make a box for this one before it can be sent.

My third and final card was made using a panel created by pressing the heated Magic Stamp onto a Dreamweaver Stencil of some trees.

The embossed background is made using a Darice Embossing Folder and some Co-Ordination card stock. The finishing touches are some punched leaves and black pearls.
I will really have to knuckle down after work tomorrow to some serious cardmaking as I have DT work to finish with a deadline that is fast approaching.
Hugs Kimx

Inspired by Davina

As I expected class today was one long round of playing with the Magic Stamp.
Not a single card was made but I think a good time was had by all.
Here are just a few of the little pieces of Art that were created.
As I said yesterday I had searched through my craft room for anything suitable to use with the Magic Stamp.
Sylvie and I also picked up a few leaves on our way since they always work well.

In fact there is a fabulous Japanese Maple in the front garden at Davina's so we helped out Mother Nature and saved Davina having to sweep up all those leaves.

The central panel on my card was actually inspired by a piece that Davina originally made. You see I always learn something on a class, or pick up an idea or two.
The Magic Stamp was heated and then pressed into the Burlap Fabric Square. 

Once Pigment ink has been applied using a Colorbox Queue a real Maple Leaf was placed on the white cardstock and then the inked Magic Stamp was stamped over the top. Once the maple leaf was removed it left an open space into which I stamped and embossed the sentiment.

The fabulous stamped and embossed leafy panel is a Stampendous stamp which I have coloured using Pigment inks and the Direct to Paper technique.

The single leaf  has been cut from the leafy panel and layered onto some of the threads taken from around the edge of the Burlap fabric square.

Of course there had to be a tag for the Girls to add to their books, and some more bits and pieces to finish off. So you know what I will be up to tomorrow lol.
Hugs Kimx

A box full of Buttons

Well, that has been hard work. At least my feet aren't hurting quite as much but I'm shattered. Thank goodness I can have a bit of a lie in.
My card tonight has been made for my Magic Stamp class at Davina's tomorrow.

I love Magic stamps they are so much fun and you can make the most fabulous backgrounds.

The central panel on this card has been made by pressing the heated 'Magic Stamp' into a box full of assorted buttons.
I have searched my crafty stash for all sorts of things to play with in class tomorrow. Leaves are always good  to press the magic stamp onto so I will have to look out for some tomorrow before I leave.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Magic Stamp Leaves

Evening All
I seriously have sooooo much to do before I go back to work on Thursday that it really isn't funny.
On top of everything else I also have a class on the Magic Stamp to prep for Saturday.
So here is a card that I made at SirStampalot using this fabulous product.

Once again the central panel has been created using the magic stamp and some skeleton leaves.
I also embossed one of the leaves with Frantage powders.
Hope they like it.
Hugs Kimx